Johnny Cash - Boy Named Sue (San Quentin)

[FaeryFanatic20]

I just wanna know why in the hell his Mama didn't name him something else. xD

[1981temeka]

Ok this is what my husband says he did it for. Because he was a black sheep himself and it was a personal thing for him. Because he was there before because of drugs and alcohol did him wrong and knew how easy it was for a man to go down that slippery slope of hell ridden sorrow.

[mountainat85]

never be another like John

[ry3304]

freakin LEGEND lols ;.

[score38]

What made him want to preform in a prision? just wondering, because how many famous artists preformed at a prision? lol

[thecolaratlady]

@score38 I dont know why either, but i respect him for doing it. he performed at san quentin and folsom, dont know of another others. anyone else know the answer to score's original question as well as mine?

[vincentbilodeau]

legende d’une vie

[DeathWatch13]

my papa showed me this song when I was 5. I'll love Johnny Cash for life.

[weednlogic]

love this... Dylan was right

[baillar100]

Johnny Cash is King- just like Dylan said.



[deathgod7432]

shel silverstein wrote the lyrics

[MadProductionsink]

best part 0:00-3:12

[moviebuff1941]

Jeeeesus. You know you're a badass when you can make an entire prison full of rapists, serial killers and other awful miscreants act like girls at a Justin Beiber concert. RIP Johnny Cash.

[jmacjr101]

:) I love this song and Johnny <3 walk the line was such a great movie and he was my biggest inspiration for now playing guitar :)

[sexydarin1]

in front of that captive audience, in every sense of the word. He had to read the lyrics off of the sheet of paper that was at the foot of the stage, and it was a hit. And it wasn't touched up, it wasn't produced or simulated. They just did it, and it stuck. And it rang. I would say that it would qualify in the realm of novelty, a novelty song. Shel had a knack for the humorous and the kind of subversive lyrics. But they also were so catchy that people could not resist them."

[sexydarin1]

like Johnny Cash or Joni Mitchell, people of that caliber in the room. Shel sang his song 'Boy Named Sue,' and Johnny's wife June Carter thought it was a great song for Johnny Cash to perform. And not too long after that they were headed off to San Quentin to record a record - Live At San Quentin - and June said, 'Why don't you bring that Shel song with you.' And so they brought the lyrics. And when he was on stage he performed that song for the first time ever, he performed it live

[sexydarin1]

Cash recorded this live at San Quentin Prison in February, 1969. Silverstein's nephew Mitch Myers tell the story: "In those days in Nashville, and for all the people that would visit, the most fun that anyone really could have would be to go over to someone's house and play music. And they would do what one would call a 'Guitar Pull,' where you grabbed a guitar and you played one of your new songs, then someone else next to you would grab it and do the same, and there were people .songfactscom

[mamasboy815]

I remember my Grandmother telling me not to be listening to that ole Johnny Cash.Then I came in and caught her tapping her toe to one of his songs. I miss you grandma.

[grandpadewey]

I think this is why I have such a hard time with mainstream America; Live at San Quentin was my first album after I graduated from all the lame-ass Disney albums I was listening to - up to the age of seven.

[sgobrogg]

Where are we now? 2011 and we are so far gone from a time when life was so much better. I am glad I had the chance to experience life as a kid in a time when i could where no name blue jeans, generic tennis shoes and say praise to our Lord Jesus Christ without a lawsuit being filed against me, or someone saying that I offend them!

I love you Jesus, Scott

[itssofluffy321]

hardly nothin ryms

[LatinaLibra]

LOVE this live version. Such a great song.

[huntay24]

A Legend-- THE LEGEND OF ALL TIME

[huntay24]

A Legend-- THE LEGEND OF ALL TIME

[unclewalt56]

who couldn't like this? I love the guy's smile at 2:00, it made my day....

[jjpds1]

0 dislikes? lets keep it that way. lol my names john and my voice sounds very simalar to his and ive had a pasion for his music since i was 10

[ArlithCake]

Cool story bro.

[danelsons]

JOHNNY KNEW EVEN A BAD DOG STILL NEEDS TO BE PETTED EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

[jzguru]

To think... there may be one or two people in the audience back then that are still alive in Quentin today...

[irishgeal1]

now thats what i call rehabilatation.

[chrishodderilovepie]

Johnny Cash is the man, said and DONE!

[smsw1516]

Finally, a video that everybody likes, so far.

[missvonklinkenhoffen]

Top Man sadly gone but fondly remembered

[jtomasik]

Cash was pure, 100% male. And I'm damn proud to say I'm cut from the same stock.

[ebtricks]

@jtomasik What makes you a 100% man?

[hurley242584]

god whenyou you culd send your mom in prison and not worry oh then blacks ha think go d i ant my my mom and deal with them niggers

[kitten1g]

wow this reminds me of my dad so much

[FireYourJOB]

MiTT will be the Next presiDent of the Great UniteD States Of AmericA>>

[whalenbrowne]

this song reminds me of woody guthrie

[stormvogel67]

a great song still love it

[Cartercash4ever]

Happy 78th birthday j. R. Cash!

[Cartercash4ever]

Amen to that!

[B3l1Cool]

This song is just an epic...

But I really like this video, reactions of prisoners really fascinating me.. huh :)

[AlmaLindsay]

BAD ASS!!!

[CCRockit]

@AlmaLindsay

J.R. "BadAss" Cash is what he should've been called.

[AlmaLindsay]

Hell yeah! LOL!

[CCRockit]

@AlmaLindsay

MOST. BADASS. COUNTRY. ARTIST. EVER!

[AlmaLindsay]

yep.  gonna have to agree with u on that! LOL!

[Gamel4You]

MOST. BADASS. ARTIST. EVER!

[CCRockit]

@Gamel4You

Got me there, theres noone i repeat NOONE with more Badassity than JR Cash.

Happy Belated 78th birthday i wore black for you that day.

[Gamel4You]

Thats how it is man

[Cartercash4ever]

Thank you very much! R. I. P. J. R. Cash!

[Mickey4015]

Love this song

[Cartercash4ever]

They played the song perfectly cause j. R. Was singing so great n the inmates loved every minute of it!

[Johi2410]

True!! I agree 100% man!

[Johi2410]

He didn't tell the Tennessee Three he was gonna do this song at the concert, just kept talking about the lyrics Shel Silverstein had provided him with the days before the concert.

Well, obviously, Bob, Marshall, W.S: and Carl played this song to perfection the first time they ever heard it.

[Cartercash4ever]

They loved j. R.! R. I. P. J. R. !

[Cartercash4ever]

This was the first time he sang this song. The inmates loved it n

[TeamLibertyExpress]

Too mad we miss all the chat between songs, some of the best parts.

[schuelero]

is he reading the lyrics?

[marcowarnaar]

this was the first time he sing this song so he's reading

[schuelero]

@marcowarnaar okay :-)

[MOJPM09]

one of the great gigs the man in black ever done rip johnny cash

[DocktorQwak]

Does anyone know what type of guitar Carl Perkins is playing? It looks really cool.

[Dustpan04347]

im pretty sure its a gibson... possibly a super 400 or a spin off of that model...

[Carlosj1991]

new stars would get buttraped at the prison, and the scum back then wasnt as fucking agressive as it is now...

[Dustpan04347]

no they were just as aggressive. but they all loved mr. cash. not to mention, cash could take em. lol

[ossianx1]

moin,JC is a great man. rest in peace johnny. von venereaFan. grüsse aus ostfriesland.

[nilsdrew]

why can not todays stars play to the inmates they are people too. thanks johnny for caring

[Mo0nBugGy1]

Early cash I dont think is country.

[nay520]

the best perfomance ever!!!

[joroma77]

what a captivating and funny story. well done, Mr Cash!

[DasActrosHotel]

In Germany performed this Song Mike Krüger:

Junge namens Susi

[VenereaFan]

yea great story :)

Rest In Peace Johnny

[misool]

he wore that black suit well

R.I.P.

[mkbf86]

Amazing

[domchi27]

incredible...

one & only man in black

[mackychloe]

priceless!!!!

[fan1966]

An Icon for sure....he will live on forever in his music.

[louisplat]

I wish I was 18 in 1969 and lived in California so I could rob a bank, get busted and then watch this incredible concert.

[whatwillgetushigh]

i hate beinga youth in these modern days. wish i was in the 50's

[HAFA74]

I doubt it

[powerposter99]

@louisplat

LOL epic coment

[Bigbadred23]

@louisplat YOU WOULD BE IN FEDERAL PRISON

[asz420]

@louisplat I think I would have rather gotten a job being a prison guard at the same time. You get to see the show, but go home at the end of the night.

[asz420]

@louisplat I would rather just buy the dvd

[TransformerslNC]

@louisplat Most of the time, I'd say that would be a stupid idea to go to prison just to see a concert.. but it's JOHNNY F***ING CASH! Totally worth it

[ocan1033]

@louisplat - top marks my friend, top marks

[fromaguanga]

this song is funny. looked like john had a hard time trying not to laugh

[alfaDude156]

Afaik it was his first performance of this song, and the text is kinda funny ;)

[fastzoe]

my granda got me into johnny cash when i was a kid, still a fan til this day, these performance's are so good, great to see them always.

r.i.p johnny, forever missed